Abstract
Involvement of body fluids by adenocarcinoma is a common phenomenon. However, metastasis to the pericardial fluid by adenocarcinoma is a rare occurrence. The most common malignancies associated with malignant pericardial effusion are carcinoma of the lung, breast, esophagus, melanoma, lymphoma, and leukemia. Here, we discuss a case of a 36-year-old female with hemorrhagic pericardial effusion presenting with cardiac tamponade and psammoma bodies which was suspected and reported as metastatic papillary carcinoma of thyroid on cytomorphology; however, the immunocytochemical and radiological features confirmed metastatic papillary adenocarcinoma of lung contrary to the thyroid which is more common and expected.
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